Proverbs 2
1 My son, if you accept what I say and value my instructions,
Mwanangu, kama ukiyapokea maneno yangu na kuzitunza amri zangu,
2 if you pay attention to wisdom and really try to understand;
usikilize hekima na utaelekeza moyo wako katika ufahamu.
3 if you cry out for insight and call loudly for help in understanding;
kama utalilia ufahamu na kupaza sauti yako kwa ajili ya ufahamu,
4 if you look for it as if it were silver and search for it as if it were hidden treasure;
kama utautafuta kama fedha na kupekua ufahamu kama unatafuta hazina iliyojificha,
5 then you will understand how to relate to the Lord and discover the truth about God.
ndipo utakapofahamu hofu ya Yehova na utapata maarifa ya Mungu.
6 The Lord is the source of wisdom; what he says provides knowledge that makes sense.
Kwa kuwa Yohova hutoa hekima, katika kinywa chake hutoka maarifa na ufahamu.
7 He gives good judgment to those who live right; he defends those who have good sense.
Yeye huhifadhi sauti ya hekima kwa wale wampendezao, yeye ni ngao kwa wale waendao katika uadilifu,
8 He supports those who act fairly and protects those who trust in him.
huongoza katika njia za haki na atalinda njia ya waaminifu kwake.
9 Then you will be able to recognize what is right and just and fair, in fact all that is good in the way you should live.
Ndipo utakapoelewa wema, haki, usawa na kila njia njema.
10 For wisdom will fill your mind, and knowledge will make you happy.
Maana hekima itaingia moyoni mwako na maarifa yataipendeza nafsi yako.
11 Good decisions will keep you on track; thinking logically will keep you safe.
Busara itakulinda, ufahamu utakuongoza.
12 Doing this will save you from the ways of evil, from men who tell twisted lies,
Vitakuokoa kutoka katika njia ya uovu, kutoka kwa wale waongeao mambo potovu.
13 who turn away from following what is right to walk down paths of darkness.
Ambao huziacha njia za wema na kutembea katika njia za giza.
14 They happily do wrong; they love how twisted evil is.
Hufurahia wanapotenda maovu na hupendezwa katika upotovu.
15 They live crooked lives doing deceitful things.
Hufuata njia za udanganyifu na kwa kutumia ghilba huficha mapito yao.
16 Doing this will also save you from a woman who acts immorally, from a woman who like a prostitute tries to seduce you with flattering words.
Busara na hekima zitakuokoa kutoka kwa mwanamke malaya, kutoka kwa mwanamke anayetafuta visa na mwenye maneno ya kubembeleza.
17 Such a woman has left her husband she married when she was young, forgetting the promises she made before God.
Yeye humwacha mwenzi wa ujana wake na kusahau agano la Mungu wake.
18 What happens in her house leads to death; following her way leads to the grave.
Maana nyumba yake huinama na kufa na mapito yake yatakupeleka kwa wale walioko kaburini.
19 No one who goes to her comes back; they don't ever find the way back to life again.
Wote waiendeao njia yake hawatarudi tena na wala hawataziona njia za uzima.
20 So you should follow the way of the good, and make sure you stay on the paths of those who do right.
kwa hiyo utatembea katika njia ya watu wema na kufuata njia za wale watendao mema.
21 For only people who live right will live in the land; only honest people will remain there.
Kwa wale watendao mema watafanya makazi yao katika nchi, na wale wenye uadilifu watadumu katika nchi.
22 But the wicked will be thrown out of the land; those who are untrustworthy will be pulled out by the roots.
Lakini waovu wataondolewa katika nchi na wale wasioamini wataondolewa katika nchi.
